Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her (1992) is a darkly comic meditation on mortality and vanity, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis. The film follows Madeline (Streep), a self-destructive woman who, after a mental breakdown, finds herself in a bitter rivalry with Helen (Hawn), her former rival for Ernest (Willis), her husband. Helen, driven by jealousy and a desire for revenge, seeks to eliminate Madeline and reclaim Ernest. However, an elixir of life immortality, mistakenly ingested, transforms their feud into a grotesque, endless game of survival and decay, highlighting the absurdity of their obsession.